There is a thing called the death wish, a literal thing. It doesn't mean you want to die. It just means however we're built, as we get into these years, some inner part of you does begin to accept the fact that you're heading towards the end, and there's a peace that comes with that.

Then, for a hot three or four weeks I wanted to be a concert pianist.

Vampires are sexy to a woman perhaps because the fantasy is similar to that of the man on the white horse sweeping her off to paradise.

Actors want to show off and dance in front of you and get your love, because they don't think they're worthy of it in any other way.

I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right.

Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger than yourself

Each of us needs something - food, liquor, pot, whatever - to help us survive. Dracula needs blood.